Organic Chianti Wine for Sale - Buy direct Chianti wine made in our Tuscan winery

Product characteristics

Murtas Terzuoli has always been our cellar manager (cantiniere) at the Fattoria San Michele. By giving his name to our most prestigious wine, the owner wished to highlight the importance of the work carried out not only by Signor Terzuoli, but also of all of the employees at San Michele, who give all of our products an added value due to their hard work, commitment and attention to detail throughout all of the phases of the winemaking. Without their precious help the estate would not be able to achieve the excellent standards which distinguish it from others.

The Cabernet Sauvignon grapes come from the Vigna Nuova di Buonriposo vineyard, the Sangiovese grapes used represent a selection of the best of our vines, while the Colorino comes from a clone which the company found and rescued from an old vineyard.

Given the excellence of each of these grapes, the idea was born of producing this great wine, which unites the international taste of Cabernet Sauvignon, with the typical local flavours of Sangiovese, and a large percentage of Colorino, an extremely important grape for giving backbone, colour and body to the wine without detracting from its typical nature.

The grapes are left on the vines until slightly overripe, then they are harvested singly and fermented.

Gentle delastage is carried out on a daily basis in order to best extract the polyphenols from the grapeskins. Fementation lasts approximately 25 days; thereafter, the Sangiovese is transferred into 25hl oak barrels while the Colorino and the Cabernet Sauvignon are placed in new barriques; The wine sits in wood for at least 18 months.

The three wines are mixed together some time before bottling takes place in order to give them time to amalgamate properly, the proportion of each grape used is normally 40% Sangiovese, 40% Cabernet and 20 % Colorino, but this may vary slightly, depending on variations in the characteristics of the single grapes from year to year. The wine is kept in bottles for at least 6 months prior to sale.

This is a wine with great character, a wine which may be drunk young but which is best consumed after at least 5/7 years from harvesting, with tannins which, polymerising add an even greater softness, while leaving the wine all of its strength, in fact, this wine retains a considerable degree of freshness even after many years, always showing itself to be richly aromatic and with a bright and deep colour, a most pleasant surprise for those who have not yet tasted this wine.

Grape variety : Sangiovese 40%, Cabernet Sauvignon 40%, Colorino 20%

Alcohol content : 13.5 % Vol.

Colour: Bright ruby red, thick and well bodied.

Aroma: Intense and persistent with ethereal notes of spice, but also fruity with flower and grass notes.

Taste : warm, soft, smooth, fruity, with elegant tannins, hints of toast towards the end.

Comments: A well-balanced wine , at its best after 5/7 years from harvesting.

Abbinamenti: A great wine which gives it best when served with important second courses, from braised boar to hare casserole to roast game, but also excellent with a simple "Fiorentina" T-bone steak, in fact the tannin of the wine contrasts well with the succulence of the meat, while the alcohol cleanses the palate of the fattiness and richness of the meat.

The strong character of this wine is such that it lends itself to unusual food pairings, in fact, we feel that the marked presence of spice tones make it well suited to drinking with spicy foods such as certain Indian dishes or Mexican chili con carne.